The Scottish parliament cannot hold a second independence referendum without Westminster approval, the supreme court has ruled.
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The decision, delivered by the supreme court president, Lord Reed, came after an unprecedented hearing at the UK’s highest court into whether Holyrood had the legal authority to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence without Westminster granting it the required powers. The ruling is likely to anger Scottish nationalists and lead the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to follow through on her promise to 'put our case for independence to the people in an election'.

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